1. GLORY

I was out stumbling in the rain staring at your lips so red
You said: "'blah blah blah, you got a pillow stuck in your head"
How could I argue with a mirror
She looked at me

Yes, I hear her
When I see the glory

I ain't gotta worry

She said: "there's a halo on that truck, won't you please get it for me?"
I said: "of course my little swan, if ever and ever you adore me."
She got mad

She said: "you're too steep."
She put on her boxing gloves and went to sleep
When I see the glory
A I ain't got no worries


2. DAYS

Up on the high, high hills

With my floating friend
Watching all the silver

No one can ever spend
I feel the touch of her hand and all it will erase
These footprints I followed, they followed my every pace
Days, be more than all we have
No matter how much I cross I always see the same stream
I'm standing up on these bridges that are standing in a dream


3. FOXHOLE

Soldier boy stands at a full salute
He wants your orders to execute
Send him out, near the screaming red lights
In a narrow ditch for the funny fights
Foxhole, foxhole too much danger
Where's my guardian angel, oh no

You show me the war, I don't know what for
You show me the war but the war is such a bore

In the line of duty, in the line of fire
A heartless heart is my proper attire
The flashing sword has been explored
The perfect slice, perfect slice of life
I feel the shells hit, moonlight web
Goodbye arms, so long, head
No more danger
Hello guardian angel

Pin me down, go ahead it's a cinch
You pin me down, you'll feel the pinch
I was trained for fights
Foxhole, foxhole
Foxhole, foxhole


4. CAREFULL

I jump out of bed and pull down the shade
I used to have such sweet dreams, now it's more like an air raid
I see the opposition clear, I see them stare
I don't care, it doesn't matter to me
I never think about it
Slip out of myself like a shadow and somersault thru walls
I can't tell, it's really so odd

Is this spring or fall
Your wine is just sour grapes
Pour me a glass anytime I'm not there
Careful, careful
I'm not bitter I just get so sore
I need that girl more and more

‘Cause when she whispers in my ear it gets so hard
It gets so hard to get out of bed
It's more than I can do
If someone must work today, let it be you
All this confusion hit me like a dare but I don't care


5. CARRIED AWAY

Last night I drifted down to the docks
The water, glittering and black
The snow fell lightly and disappeared
I felt the old ropes grow slack
I thought I'd dissolve when the beacon revolved
I just get so carried away

Once I had a ship, yes I had a map
I had the wind like a tree has sap
I sank into these banks of clay
I get carried

Those rooms were freezing and always dark but where we were never mattered
Your head was golden
There was lightning in your arms and then the glass shattered.
It was noon at midnight

The day that never ends
The lamp it whispers and makes amends

Everything was more than I took it for
I got carried away


6. THE FIRE

Storms all that summer we lived in the wind, out in some room in the wind
Your hands they were folded.

You knew no demands
My tongue, it clattered like tin

My eyes repeat. They take my seat
Your eyes they say you resigned from the heat
We leaned in the cold, holding our breath

Watching the corners turn corners
Coins on the table, the cards in the air

The face at the window kept smiling
Storms all that winter we stayed locked away
Waiting. Watching. Falling
End of the street. Horizon retreats
You ran with it. I wish I could
Sleep is not sleep. My eyes repeat
You take the voltage that watches you weep
You caught the voice. I listen close
All I heard was the echoes
Praise emptiness
Her rose-colored dress
Her circling motions
Praise emptiness
Everything scattered, nothing was missed
We took our house in the fire


7. AIN’T THAT NOTHIN’

You're pushing a furnace
You're working too hard
You're setting things off , all over the yard
You play with your 'top, ‘till your eyes start to spin
Then you shrug your shoulders and ask me where I've been
Travel fulfills you but the distance it kills you

Ain't that nothing
Why don't you tell me something
Tragedy

Ain't that nothing
I just wish you'd tell me something

The fan keeps whirling
The wind stays hot, but I can't keep from slipping a lot
I look in that purse
It's a blessing and a curse
Discover dishonor with its thousand commands
It ain't worth a shot
That target is sand
But I love disaster and I love what comes after


8. THE DREAM’S DREAM

The elevator called me up
She said:” you better start making sense”
The stone was bleeding, whirling in the waltz
I went to see her majesty. The court had no suspense
She said: "dream dreams the dreamer”
I said it's not my fault